Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-11

row-A RunawaY-Some Personal Items-A Job for Dr. Adams-Lawn Tennis-seneraI Notes.-The metho. dist Church Improvements. The people of the Methodist church have decided to repair the interior of their church md at recent meeting over half the amount necessary for the work, $700, was raised. During the past week the ladies have been busy cleaning the church. The children's day services at this church are postponed until the 18th inst. The pastor will continue his course of sermons tomorrow evening. Postmaster Moore and wife have returned from their three weeks visit to the Shenan- doah valley. MT. Moore's health was vast ly benefited and he returned nine pounds heavier than when he went away.
 Miss Della Hines of Ferry street is visiting friends in Morganville, N. J.
 Mrs. J. s. Bennett, who for the past few months has been residing at her former home in Norwich, proposes to return to Fair Haven in week or two to live.
 Tomorrow morning delegation from the local branch of the W. c. T. U. in connec- tion with delegation from the w. c. T. U- of the city will conduct the services at the jail, the Young Mems Christian association giving up their hour to the ladies.
 Rev. Erastus Blakeslee is still considering the call he has recently had to the presl- dency of Atlanta university.
 Mrs Delzell, wife of Rev. s. w. Delzell of Brookfeld, Mo-, has returned to Fair Haven to spend the summer with her parents, MT. and Mrs. A. D. Scrimgeour of Houston street.
 The thoroughbred horse which Dr. c. B. Adams sold to Ned States, proprietor of the Hoffman House, recently made mile In 2:17.
 Tomorrow there will be special and ap- r,ropriate services at the First church, it be- ing children's Sunday. There will be con cert in the evening, in which the church choir will participate. At tho Ferry street church tomorrow even- ing there will be special children's day exer- cises, also the services consisting of singing and recitations by the Sabbath school. Chil- dren's day will be appropriately remembered at the other churches as well.
 The ladies of Grace church netted about eighty dollars from their recent strawberry festival.
 A North Branford correspondent thinks that there is a horse in h1s section that needs Dr, Adams particular and immediate atten- tion. Builder J. H. Rowland has broken ground for a new dwelling on Atwater street. oppo- \ site his residence.
 The five hundred owners of lots in the Fair Haven cemetery have been assessed one dollar apiece as usual Dr. W. H. Themson's horse ran away the other day while on the Heights. The buggy was wrecked and the horse consider ably damaged, but the doctor escaped with out injury.
 Mrs. Wilcox, matron at the Home for the Friendless, has returned from a visit to friends in Washington, D. C..
 A mule colt has been born at the Fair Ha- ven horse railroad stables.
 A lawn tennis party consisting of well known players on both sides of the river has been formed and will play series of games for silver medal. The gentlemen are H. c. Rowe, Attorney John H. Whiting, H. K. Bradley, s. T. Bradley, John Tracy, Henry Ellenberger, John G. Hurd, John Farren and John Lancraft.
 The young. ladies of the Y. WIG. T. U. oi Fair Haven gave their last dairymaids' festi val at the rink Thursday evening. Some time ago the young ladies gave the festival I u.AJu0 nights and the affair was so success. young ladies" to repeat it. There was 6 rnNre were many new teasta- and the affair secono 1roduction of the festival thau AIhe to the com k1ateness of the affair
 improving daily. -"ii' Timothy Sullivan, th~ roIIino mill ors ploye who was so badly bGtllng sa mlil .tll en ago, is now getting along nicely. 7h0 'iin
 The action of the borough meeting l.-
 propriating tax for the police force is con
 mended by great majority of east side pc
 pie.
 The changes at the depot on Clinton av | nue are marked and are a decided improv
 ment.
 The mission meeting held at Blatch1
 avenue church Wednesday night was w
 attended.
 Mr. William B. Goodyear in attempti
 to get off horse car in front of Parke
 drug store was somewhat injured yesterd
 afternoon. MT. Goodyear, who is rath
 heavy man, was just stepping from the pls
 form to the ground when the car started |
 throwing him violently down. Mir. Goo
 year was helped to the drug store and after
 short time was able to ride home.
 MT. N. P. H. Willis, of Prospect stree
 has been at the West Haven shore nearly
 month.
 Miss Maggie Mitchell, of Hartford,
 visiting friends on Jackson street.
 MT. D. w. Shares has completed the co
 struction of his new factory on Prospe
 street and has painted it light red. IT
 factory will be used for the manufacture
 agricultural implements of which MT. Shar
 is the patentee.
 Mrs. A. H. Cargill, wife of the builder, WI
 has been seriously i'll for long time, is nc
 able to be out
 Captain William Howard has been makil
 a number of improvements on his place
 the Heights.
 |. The work of raising the foundations
 the Quinnipiac engine house are nearly con
 pleted. A great many people hope to see
 complete and frst-class apparatus in t
 house before long.
 Attorney H. D. Russell has been impro
 ing his residence on the Heights.
 New telephone poles have been plac
 along Grand avenue in the past few days.